Jesus Christ Superstar
| Staff | |
| Producers | Steve Bauman |
| Shawn Keck | |
| Director | Whitney McClelland |
| Choreographer | Whitney McClelland |
| Musical Director | Richard Nelson |
| Rehearsal Secretary | Lynn Morrison |
| Stage Manager | Robert Witner |
| Technical Director | Shawn Keck |
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| Cast | |
| Jesus | Michael J. Montez |
| Judas Iscariot | Lawrence-Michael Arias |
| Mary Magdalene | Audrey Kavanagh |
| Pontius Pilate | Matthew Tidwell |
| King Herod | Rod Pintello |
| Peter | R.J. Hammon |
| Simon Zealotes | Simon Pintello |
| Caiaphas | Steve Allen |
| Annas | Yani Bundros |
| High Priest #1 | Peter Mandel |
| High Priest #2 | Rob McClelland |
| Apostles | Mark Fedalizo |
| John Brewer | |
| Jeremy Lefferts | |
| Nick Kretz | |
| Bruce Rideout | |
| Luke Rideout | |
| Michael Pratt | |
| Rod Pintello | |
| Brian Rideout | |
| Soul Girls | Cheryl Witmer |
| Christine Varela | |
| Shannon Drozen | |
| Angela Locsin | |
| Heather Harris | |
| Ginger Jones |
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Borrowing from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the musical is loosely based on the Gospel’s accounts of the last week of Jesus’s life, beginning with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Jerusalem and ending with the crucifixion. It highlights political and interpersonal struggles between Judas and Jesus.
As one of the earliest rock operas, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar is a completely sung-through piece and reflects a ’70s musical sensibility. Numbers runs the gamut from high-wailing rock anthems like Judas’ “Heaven on Their Minds” to more folky-rock ballads like Mary’s “I Don’t Know How to Love Him.”
